Gible wants to be a trainer

Chapter 191 The First Invitation from Larousse

Due to severe damage to the venue, the elimination tournament was forced to be suspended for half a day, and the Hoenn League urgently dispatched a batch of Rock-type Pokémon for emergency repairs.

Fortunately, the teams that came up later were not very strong, so the venue didn't need any special reinforcement; just some surface repairs would have been enough.

While the subsequent matches were still in full swing in Kanaz City, Lu Sha and Cattleya had already quietly left the arena, without even attending the celebration.

By the afternoon, the man and the shark had arrived in Larousse City.

Larousse City is located in the northern part of the Hoenn region, not far from Lilycove City.

This area is adjacent to the northernmost polar ice cap of Hoenn, a region covered in ice and snow year-round and recognized as the coldest place in Hoenn.

Larousse City is also a high-tech city, but compared to the bustling commercial atmosphere of Kanaz City, its overall style is closer to the coastal city of Sinnoh.

The streets are lined with various silver-white research institutes and laboratory buildings, and pedestrians walk briskly, making the area less noisy.

Various cutting-edge technologies are conceived and tested here, and then promoted and applied to other cities.

"Crack! (According to the data, this city has the most research institutes in Hoenn, and several explosions occur every day.)"

As they walked down the street to the hotel, Lu Sha, as usual, read the encyclopedia entry for Larousse to Cattleya.

boom!!!

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a muffled thud came from several hundred meters away, followed by a burst of flames that shot into the air, and black smoke quickly darkened the area.

sky.

Lu Sha subconsciously stopped in her tracks, turned her head to look in the direction of the explosion, and then glanced at the local passersby around her who hadn't even looked up. Her lips twitched involuntarily: "Click! (Hmm...it seems the description on the encyclopedia really wasn't exaggerated at all.)"

Cattleya frowned slightly.

She turned her head to look at Lu Sha, and gently placed her hand on Lu Sha's shark arm.

The next second, a purple light flashed, and the man and the shark teleported several times in succession, and were already standing outside the gate of the courtyard where the incident occurred.

The incident occurred in a small, detached research institute.

The windows on the first-floor side wing had been shattered by the shockwave, and flames were spreading from inside the windows outwards.

Several researchers, their clothes disheveled, were frantically running out of the gate carrying data and equipment, while others were frantically pulling on fire hoses in the courtyard.

Seeing this, Cattleya didn't say anything, she just raised her hand.

A flash of telekinesis silently enveloped the entire burning house.

The flame struggled for a few seconds in the enclosed space constructed by telekinesis, but because the oxygen was instantly cut off, it visibly shrank and went out from the inside.

From the moment the man and the shark arrived until the fire was extinguished, less than a minute had passed.

The group of busy researchers in the courtyard froze on the spot, and it took them a while to realize what had happened.

"Thank you so much!"

A middle-aged man wearing a white coat and with short silver-gray hair was the first to come to his senses.

His white coat was stained with black marks at the hem and cuffs. He hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd and bowed repeatedly to thank Cattleya.

"fine."

Cattleya gave a curt reply, her gaze sweeping over the still-smoking house: "What are you researching? Why are you making such a commotion?"

She actually had no interest in these studies, but since Lu Sha was curious, she was willing to spend some time asking him.

"Excuse me, I am Dr. Doron. Our team mainly conducts ecological research on Pokémon in the Iceborne region."

The middle-aged man straightened his clothes and gave an embarrassed smile: "I was just trying to test the instrument's high-temperature resistance, but I didn't expect the equipment to explode before the temperature even reached the set value."

"Click? (Icefield Pokémon research? High-temperature resistance test?)"

Lu Sha tilted her head.

These two words don't seem like they could appear in the same topic at all.

Not only Lu Sha, but even Cattleya showed a rare interest and relayed Lu Sha's doubts to her.

Upon hearing someone ask about his profession, Doronbo seemed to instantly forget about the bombing of his house, and explained with shining eyes: "You don't know, when these ice field research equipment on the market are manufactured, the developers only consider resistance to low-temperature environments and have not tested them for high-temperature environments at all. However, there are actually high-temperature scenarios in the ice field."

"For example, there's an area deep in the Arctic ice sheet that's full of geothermal hot springs, and the water temperature there is quite high. Last time I tried to test if there were any Pokémon living under the hot springs, the existing equipment simply couldn't handle it, and it broke down as soon as I put it in."

"Therefore, if we can make this instrument also have the characteristic of high temperature resistance, our research can go a step further."

As he finished speaking, Dr. Doron's tone was filled with barely concealed excitement, as if a breakthrough was just around the corner.

"Is your instrument made of a special low-temperature resistant material?" Cattleya suddenly asked.

"Yes, it can work stably in environments as low as -30 degrees Celsius. But unfortunately, once the ambient temperature exceeds 40 degrees Celsius, there is a risk of overload and explosion of the internal components." Dr. Doron nodded.

"Well, if you need to test in environments above 40 degrees Celsius, why don't you just bring another high-temperature resistant instrument with you?"

Cattleya looked at him, her tone tinged with confusion.

"what?"

Dr. Doron stood frozen in place, his mouth agape.

Yup!

Why not just bring one more?

Why insist on using a single instrument to test these two extreme environments?

He thought stiffly for a while before he retorted uncertainly, "But won't those high-temperature resistant instruments freeze and break during transport? The temperature along the ice field isn't low at all."

"Just make sure to protect it from the cold. You can also have a Fire-type Pokémon keep it warm along the way."

Caldelia calmly relayed Lu Sha's complaints verbatim.

"I see! How come I didn't think of that!"

Dr. Doron slapped his thigh, so excited that he didn't even bother to clean his charred sleeves.

He looked at Cattleya with eager anticipation and extended an invitation in a sincere tone: "Young lady, would you like to be my research assistant? As long as the research yields results, I will definitely include your name on the paper."

"No."

Cattleya flatly refused.

Lu Sha had already prepared the thesis for her.

Once she officially wins the championship, the paper on Mega Evolution will be published at a later date.

According to the plan, she and Dr. Carlos's Dr. Bratano will simultaneously release two papers with conflicting viewpoints.

She and Lu Sha argued that Mega Evolution relies on a special kind of super-evolutionary energy.

Dr. Blatano, on the other hand, argues that Mega Evolution relies on the bond energy between the trainer and the Pokémon.

It doesn't matter who is right or wrong; what matters is to hype up the market.

As long as the topic is popular enough, Mega Stones can fetch high prices.

They currently have more than a thousand Mega Stones in their possession.

The two sides had agreed beforehand that Cattleya would release a limited quantity of trainers to the top trainers first, so as to make a fortune.

What? You want to get something for nothing just by using your skills?

Why not ask the new champion if their superpowers would allow it?

Ultimately, after Dr. Doron's persistent persuasion, Cattleya only left Lu Sha's contact information and had no intention of staying.

Upon learning that Cattleya was actually the rising star among the new generation of trainers, Dr. Doron could only regretfully express his intention to give up.

However, before leaving, Dr. Doron took the opportunity to extend another invitation.

Their team is going to the Arctic ice field for a field study tomorrow, and they asked if Gadriya and Lu Sha were interested in going with them.

Cattleya did not refuse the invitation.

She had never experienced going to the ice field to see the snow with Lu Sha before, but she could go for a trip.

Lu Sha didn't react in any particular way.

Dr. Doron's name sounds like that of a nobody; surely following him to the ice fields wouldn't lead to any major events.

Do not make jokes.

Even if you really do run into a legendary figure, in that environment, at most you'd be an ice god pillar, and in the end, you'd most likely just get beaten up by the young lady in the snow.

This wave will definitely not have any problems.

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